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Get Started Grow Your Business More… Show Menu Join InterNACHI® InterNACHI® Online Inspector Examination InterNACHI®’s Online Inspector Examination is a completely free exam that is one of many InterNACHI® certification requirements. It’s free and open to everyone, and you can take it as many times as you like. Take the Exam You must have an InterNACHI® login to take the exam, but you do not need to be a paying member. If you don’t have an account yet, set up a free guest account now . Choose your language: English Español Français Exam Overview 120 Questions 14 Sections 60 Minutes The Online Inspector Exam is Completely free to re-take as many times as you like About the Online Inspector Exam This exam consists of 120 questions that are randomly generated from a much larger (and constantly evolving/expanding) pool of questions. This means that each time you take the exam it will be completely unique (there are over 1,000,000,000 versions of the exam). You will have 60 minutes to complete all 120 questions. The passing cut-off score is 80, but you must also complete each of the 14 sections of the exam with a score of 50 or higher to pass the exam. How the Exam is Scored All 120 questions (and their answers) are weighted based on several factors. Questions that have safety implications or cover absolutely essential knowledge can impact your final score more than questions that have less serious implications or cover topics that may be less common in certain parts of the country. This means that your final score will be lower if you answer safety or essential knowledge questions incorrectly than if you had answered the same number of other questions incorrectly. (Answering these questions correctly doesn’t have a similar positive impact because all inspectors are expected to be able to answer them correctly.) Frequently Asked Questions About the Home Inspector Exam Check with your state, province, or country to determine if there are exam requirements for your business. Verify InterNACHI® School accreditation . To use the Certified Professional Inspector CPI® certification and logo, the individual must pass the Online Inspector Exam at www.nachi.org/aboutexam . To become a Certified Professional Inspector CPI®, visit www.nachi.org/cpi-requirements . Licensure and Certification The primary purpose of licensure or certification is to protect the public. Licensing requirements are imposed to ensure that those licensed possess knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA) in sufficient degree to perform important occupational activities safely and effectively. The purpose of certification is to provide the public with a dependable mechanism for identifying practitioners who have met particular standards. Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSA) InterNACHI’s Job Task Analysis (JTA) for the Home Inspector lists all of the tasks a home inspector may perform, as well as the knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA) required to do these tasks. InterNACHI’s Online Home Inspector Exam assesses the KSA required to perform a competent home inspection. The content domain covered by InterNACHI’s Home Inspector Exam is clearly defined and explained in terms of the home inspector’s competence. Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing The InterNACHI® Online Home Inspector Exam was developed using a blueprint based on the InterNACHI® Home Inspection Standards of Practice and Code of Ethics, with test methodology based on Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing by the American Educational Research Association, the American Psychological Association, and the National Council on Measurement in Education. U.S. Department of Education Accreditation InterNACHI® School is accredited by ACCET, a national accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, and is a College Member of the National Association of Career Colleges (NACC) of Canada. The InterNACHI® Online Inspector Exam is the required entrance exam for the Home Inspector Certification Program provided by InterNACHI® School ( internachi.edu ). Proctored Version InterNACHI® administrates a proctored version of the exam used by colleges and home inspection schools all over the world. It is also available to regulatory entities that require a proctored exam. The exam is proctored in person or virtually by the CNM Community College Assessment Center (cnm.edu). Take the InterNACHI® Online Inspector Exam (Proctored) . There is a proctoring fee of $25 USD. Psychometric Validity There are four essential factors related to the psychometric validity of any test. They are validity, reliability, fairness, and legal defensibility. Validity and reliability refer to the psychometric properties of the exam that demonstrate the exam exhibits consistent pass rates, reliability estimates, and overall performance. Descriptive performance statistics and item-level statistics of the exam are generated and reviewed continually by our in-house psychometrician and Eduction Team who review the exam’s psychometric validity reliability, fairness, and legal defensibility. Validity is the most fundamental consideration in psychometric measures according to the American Educational Research Association, American Psychological Association, and National Council on Measurement in Education. It’s the most important criteria for the quality of a test. The term validity refers to whether or not the test measures what it claims to measure. On a test with high validity, the items will be closely linked to the test’s intended focus. For many certification and licensure tests this means that the assessed items will be highly related to the knowledge, skills, and abilities of a specific job or occupation. In relation to validity , InterNACHI’s exam measures what it claims to measure. The Home Inspector Job Task Analysis (JTA) catalogs the key tasks an inspector performs to complete a given job and the knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA) the inspector should possess to perform those tasks adequately. InterNACHI uses the JTA and KSA to develop and administrate curricula and course content for training and assessment (quiz, test, and exam) purposes. This analysis is also fundamental to the development, structure and administration of Home Inspector Certification Program and the Online Home Inspector Exam. InterNACHI’s exam is valid. In relation to reliability , reliability is one of the most important elements of test quality. It has to do with the consistency, or reproducibility, or an examinee’s performance on the test. For example, if you were to administer a test with high reliability to an examinee on two occasions, you would be very likely to reach the same conclusions about the examinee’s performance both times. Exam reliability stats and pass/fail rates are available at www.nachi.org . In relation to fairness , the fairness of an exam refers to its freedom from any kind of bias. The exam is appropriate for all qualified examinees irrespective of race, religion, gender, or age. InterNACHI’s exam is fair. In relation to legal defensibility , for an exam program to have legal defensibility, there must be evidence as to the test’s quality that would stand up in a court challenge. Sound, professionally recommended guidelines were followed throughout the design, development, and maintenance of our exam program. Professional guidelines for testing are offered by the American Psychological Association (APA), American Educational Research Association (AERA), and the National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME). InterNACHI’s exam is legally defensible. How do I prepare for the exam? After taking the Online Inspector Examination, the system will inform you of your strengths and weaknesses. For example, if you did not do well on the exam in plumbing, the exam system will inform you of that weakness. In order to do better on the exam (and the exam can be taken again), visit InterNACHI’s Free Inspector Training and Education and...